On Mar 2, 2013, at 11:11 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: > On Sat, Mar 02, 2013, Stan Halpin wrote: >> >> Larry, FWIW, on my recent trip/cruise I carried mostly prime >> lenses. Of the roughly 3800 shots with a K-5II, about 1800 of them >> were with the DA35/2.8 macro. (About 700 @ 77mm, 450 @ 21mm, 350 @ >> 55/1.4, 250 @ PK-A 200/4, the remainder @ 40/2.8, 15/4 or 12-24/4.) > > Where were you cruising? I'm actually expecting to get the most use from > the 60-250 for my upcoming Alaska cruise. How many bodies did you bring > (i.e. how much lens switching did you do)? > -- I was in the southern Caribbean. Two K-5II bodies. In the daytime, for tours of cities and countryside, I would usually start with the 21mm and 35mm mounted. I tended to pivot around the 35mm; i.e., I might swap out the 21mm for the 55mm or 77mm or 200mm while the 35mm stayed in place. In the evenings in a city I would just carry one body with the 35mm (in lieu of my original plan to use the 40mm); there were times in the evenings when I wished I had mounted the 21mm instead. I used the 15mm or 12-24mm for a few wide shots of ship interiors or harbor views, but they saw far less use than I had expected.
I had far too much stuff with me. Not just photo gear, too much stuff in general. I've been working on a list of what to take if/when I do something similar again. My current plan would be to take two lenses for sure: 16-50/2.8 and 50-135/2.8. Maybe the 15mm or the 12-24 for wider shots, (but probably not), maybe the 35/2.8 for a walk-around lens. If I were to head for Alaska, I would probably take the 60-250/4.0 in lieu of the 50-135, but then I would add the 77/1.8 or a 100mm macro to use as a longer walk-around lens. The 60-250 is just a bit too bulky, and I wouldn't carry it unless there were a decent chance of interesting wildlife shots. stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
